A greener alternative? The British beauty retailers failing to offer e-receipts

By Sarah Parsons | 7-May-2019
Sustainability Retail

And the UK high street fashion chains that are jumping on the marketing and paperless initiative

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British retailers are being urged to ditch printed receipts for electronic versions and help make the high street greener.

As campaigners in Scotland are calling on Holyrood to ban the pieces of paper, more than 11 billion are handed out each year in the UK, new research is pinpointing the retailers neglecting to offer an alternative.

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